Basil the Great: Episode Five
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🗓️ 22 May 2026
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🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode Five: Theophany
Annesi. 370 A.D. Modestus stands at Basil’s door with the emperor’s army behind him. Now Basil must choose: profess the Arian creed and become a heretic, or condemn his whole monastery to martyrdom.
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| 0:00.0 | Annesi, 370 AD. |
| 0:04.0 | Modesta stands at Basil's door with the Emperor's army behind him. |
| 0:09.0 | Now Basil must choose, profess the Aryan Creed and become a heretic |
| 0:15.0 | or condemn his whole monastery to martyrdom. |
| 0:23.6 | The Saints. |
| 0:25.5 | Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:28.6 | Basil the Great. |
| 0:30.8 | Episode 5. Theophony. |
| 0:33.9 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the Saintspodcast.com. |
| 0:47.3 | Modestis, I will not profess the Aryan creed, and I will remain here with my people. |
| 0:53.6 | Then my orders are to bring you to Constantinople. |
| 0:56.9 | The emperor demands it. |
| 0:59.0 | Why would the emperor, an Aryan, drag Christian bishops into his court to be mocked and made |
| 1:04.3 | into heretics? |
| 1:05.7 | The emperor desires your loyalty. |
| 1:09.0 | These factions and false versions of Christianity |
| 1:11.8 | are corrupting the minds of his subjects |
| 1:14.2 | and dividing them against him. |
| 1:16.6 | Will you pledge field tea and profess the Aryan creed or not? |
| 1:21.1 | Are you a Christian Modestus? |
| 1:23.8 | It is of no concern to you. |
| 1:26.6 | I am the prefect of the emperor and I am to bring you with me to Constantinople. |
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